Three charged with possessing stolen firearms, marijuana

Monday

Officers from the Kinston Department of Public Safety went to arrest a man on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear and ended up arresting three people.

Quashawn Herring, 21, of 700 Joyner Drive, Apt. 220, was leaving a residence at 307 Tiffany St., Apt. C, on Jan. 21 when officers, who had received information on his whereabouts, detected the odor of marijuana coming from the building, KDPS Public Information Officer Woody Spencer said.

The officers completed a sweep of the residence and allegedly found three stolen handguns, along with marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Marquis Bizell, 20, of 111 Remus IV Keaira Drive, Apt. F; Andre Hill, 25, of 705 Candlewood Drive; and Herring were each charged with possession/sell/buy gun with altered serial number, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of marijuana up to half an ounce and possession of drug paraphernalia.

In addition, Bizzell and Herring were charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, and Herring had an additional charge of a failure to appear for no operators license.

Bonds were set at $182,000 for Herring, $181,000 for Bizzell and $121,000 for Hill.

Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or Margaret.Fisher@Kinston.com. Follow her on Twitter at @MargaretFishr.

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